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Docker

Overview

GitHub is a place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers, helping individuals and teams to write faster, better code

Docker Cloud allows IT Ops team to deploy & manage Dockerized applications, from single container apps to distributed microservices stacks to any infrastructure

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

4

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

7

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

6.2K

5

4

3

2

1

4.8K

1.2K

98

7

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
92%
would recommend this app

4.6

538

5

4

3

2

1

360

164

11

3

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
90%
would recommend this app

Pros

“We run pull requests through it daily for our backend services, and the review flow (inline comments, suggested changes, required approvals before merge) makes it easy to keep code quality high even when we're shipping fast.”
KS

Kaynan S.

Software Engineer

“The platform improves visibility into code changes, simplifies collaboration between technical teams, and helps ensure deployments are organized and traceable.”
DR

Dave R.

Manager

“GitHub provides a centralized platform for version control, pull requests, code reviews, issue tracking, and CI/CD automation, making the entire software development lifecycle more efficient.”
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Himanshu G.

AI Engineer

Pros

“I run my Instagram automation, a home server, and a little calculator app my family uses, and they all behave the same on Windows and Mac.”
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Wren W.

Owner and Operator

“Overall it has been a very smooth experience to work with docker in developing a wordpress website and then integrating my local work to the production site alongside other collaborators.”
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Aroob A.

Web Developer

“Amazing way to work on projects independently on your local computer before hosting the project to production.”
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Aroob A.

Web Developer

Cons

“GitHub has tried to simplify things over the years, but it still lacks a genuinely user-friendly, abstracted environment for non-developers who just need to collaborate on data or check progress.”
MC

Mark C.

Membership Secretary, Trustee and Designer

“The learning curve can be pretty steep if you’re new to Git concepts like rebasing or complex conflict resolution.”
BR

Brendan R.

Workshop Manager

Cons

“I have to docker compose prune -a often or else it eats up my entire drive.”
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Daniel S.

Director of Research and Development

“Managing complex multi-container applications can be tricky”
AH

Andrew H.

Software Developer

“The folder structure was not much familiar for me and bit complicated to use.”
GG

Guntas G.

Software Developer

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 months ago

Key features

  • Total features66
  • @mentions
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Application Management
  • Application Security
  • Authentication
  • Automated Testing
  • Backlog Management
  • Bug Tracking
  • Bug/Issue Capture
  • Code Development
  • Code Editing
  • Code Review
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Collaborative Development
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Integration
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Debugging
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • For Developers
  • For Small Businesses
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Kanban Board
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Language Scanning
  • Multiple Projects
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Release Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Repository Management
  • Request Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Source-Code Scanning
  • Static Analysis
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Team Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Version Control
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Wiki
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features16
  • @mentions
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Application Management
  • Application Security
  • Authentication
  • Automated Testing
  • Backlog Management
  • Bug Tracking
  • Bug/Issue Capture
  • Code Development
  • Code Editing
  • Code Review
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Collaborative Development
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Integration
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Debugging
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • For Developers
  • For Small Businesses
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Kanban Board
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Language Scanning
  • Multiple Projects
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Quality Assurance
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Release Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Repository Management
  • Request Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Source-Code Scanning
  • Static Analysis
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Team Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Version Control
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Wiki
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations15
  • CircleCI
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Heroku
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Netlify
  • Pivotal Tracker
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Vercel
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • CircleCI
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Heroku
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Netlify
  • Pivotal Tracker
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Vercel
  • Visual Studio Code